Posts Tagged ‘Orange’

Posted on September 1, 2009 - by rfrank

The last few days at KidzMatter

It’s been a great few days at KidzMatter. Here’s the low down on what we’ve been up to.

• We had a great staff meeting today. I bought everyone lunch (thanks for picking it up, Evan) at a new place in town called Culvers.
• Evan is having some computer problems. Evan and computer problems is not good.
• Tina and I both did training events this weekend in Georgia (different cities) and had a great weekend. Tina made my day when she said that the event ended by the organizer reading an excerpt from K! Magazine… and she had nothing to do with it!
• I flew into Atlanta early before my speaking engagement Friday night and Saturday. I drove up to Cummings, GA to meet with Reggie Joiner. We started with breakfast while talking the world of children’s and family ministry. Then we went over to the reThink condo where I met some of his team and learned about a new product they are working on. (The picture on this post is Reggie working on his laptop in the condo.) Then Reggie took me a few blocks over to their main offices. Like I expected, we wished we would have had more time to talk. We’ll make it happen later.
• I ate at Chic-fil-a four times in two days. Random, I know.
• Our team decided on a branding company that is helping us roll out a whole new line of resources in 2010. The cat’s still in the bag, but you’ll be hearing about it soon. I’ll just tell you that it’s big.
• I hired a new administrative assistant. Lara Collett is working at KidzMatter now! She has been volunteering since June. Today was her first day as a “real” employee!
• We’re trying to nail a time to meet with our strategic planner this month. Everyone’s schedule is nuts.
• The September/October issue of K! Magazine printed and is dropping in the mail. It might be the best one yet.
• We rescheduled our Christmas party and bumped it up two days.
• Oh, last week was a crazy week for new K! Magazine subscribers. They flooded in all week! Ya baby!

As you can see, things are hoppin’ at KidzMatter. God has blessed us with the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of several thousand children’s pastors and leaders. It’s been a good few days!

Posted on July 17, 2009 - by rfrank

Ten Ways to Breathe Easier in Ministry – Part 1

Leading a ministry can be tough work. If you’re not careful, the week-to-week effort can become routine and exhausting. Here are ten ways to breathe easier in ministry.

1. Get the monkeys off your back. A monkey is something that hangs on your back day and night and won’t let go. Too many leaders procrastinate and in the process end up carrying around too many monkeys. Deal with problems and don’t let them weigh you down! It’s a lot easier to walk without a dozen monkeys hanging on your neck.

2. Get training. Go to a good conference targeted to children’s leaders. Events like Children’s Pastors Conference, Orange, Kids in Focus, and the new Napkin Conference (I will be at all of these) will help you become the leader God wants you to be. They are a real shot in the arm. Whether you are brand new in ministry, or you have been doing it for years, you can never get enough training.

3. Delegate. Get experienced people to help you. Look for people in your church or on your team that can step it up a notch and give you a hand. Look for areas in your ministry that you are weak and find someone strong in that area to assist you.

4. Renew yourself spiritually. You’re like a sponge. If you give out and give out but never absorb, you will turn dry and crusty like an old sponge. You need to absorb as you give out. Place yourself under the teaching of your pastor. Listen to good Bible teachers online or on the radio. Read books. Spend time alone with God. When you absorb you have a lot more to give away.

5. Get control of your tasks; don’t let your tasks control you. Sometimes you would breathe easier if you simply got organized. Children’s workers aren’t always the most organized people. Clear those glue sticks and goldfish crackers off your desk and start getting organized.

Posted on May 14, 2009 - by rfrank

Sam Luce and K! Magazine

We were excited when the ReThink Group asked us to be a sponsor of the Orange Conference for the second year. Reggie and his team went out of their way to help us get the word out about K! Magazine. We did everything we could to help them get the word out about their event.

Kenny Conley had his video camera at Orange and caught Sam Luce with a K! Magazine. Sam wrote the cover story on the May/June issue of K! Check out what Kenny and Sam had to say by watching this fun video.